| By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee Directed by Alex Henderson Season: 9 - 12 June 1965 Inherit the Wind is a fictional version of the 1925 Scopes Trial. Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution to a high school class. In Tennessee, state law prohibited teaching evolution. The play is meant to criticize the anti-Communist investigations that took place in the U.S. The authors used the Scope's trial as a platform to explore threats to learning and intellectual freedom. Cast: Melinda - Glennis Paine Howard - David Griffiths Rachel Brown - Helen Browning Meeker - Robert Russell Bertram Cates - Brian Gallas Mrs Krebs - Marilyn Eales Mr Goodfellow - Des Fenton Rev Jeremiah Brown - Robert Higson Sillers - Graham Loader Phil Cooper - J Baird Bollinger - Terry Thompson Dunlap - Brian Rittey Bannister - Brian Henderson Mrs Loomis - Normal Fenton Mrs Blair - Judy Perrott Hot Dog Man - David Jackson Mrs McLain - Shirley Low E K Hornbeck - Bill Hargreaves Mayor's Wife - Patricia Carr Elijah - Tony Noble Sunny - Joycelyn McIntyre Organ Grinder - Dermot Holland Timmy - Peter Hart Mayor - Brian Cooper Matthew Harrison Brady - Brian Deavoll Mrs Brady - Taura Henderson Tom Davenport - Bruce Calvert Finney - David Jackson Photographer - Ian Orchard Henry Drummond - Keith Cooke Judge - Arch Neil Jurors - Alex Aitchison, Brian Brodie, Peter Brown, Ivan Finlayson, Richard Gates, Bryan Hawkey, Ted Loftus, Michael Lynch, Ron Palmer, Allister Stewart, Joe Verstraaten, Frank Burrel, William Overton, Hugh Howie |     |
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